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Meadows and the band of loyalists: How they fought to keep Trump in power

New York Times: Small circle of Republicans attempted to overturn the 2020 election.

He was convicted of raping Alice Sebold. Then the case unravelled

New York Times: He was exonerated of the 1981 rape. But why did it take so long?

Transmission Gully was never going to open before Christmas, here's why

Forget the summer holidays, will the $1.25 billion road even by open by Easter?

Beijing silenced Peng Shuai in 20mins, then spent weeks on damage control

New York Times: Inside a Chinese propaganda campaign.

How TikTok reads your mind

New York Times: Internal company document offers new detail about how the algorithm works.

Hawaiian Airlines waiting in the wings for NZ restart

Restarting after a two-year pause has challenges for airline's NZ boss.

He never touched the murder weapon. Alabama sentenced him to die

New York Times: He was unarmed when three cops were shot dead. So why was he convicted?

Tall Poppies and tragedy - Kiwi entrepreneurs speak out on mental health stress, toxic criticism

Why we need to install safety guard rails for our startup business brainiacs.

Hunt for the 'blood diamond of batteries' impedes green energy push

New York Times: Dangerous mining conditions beset Congo, home to largest supply of cobalt.

Uber survived the spying scandal - but their careers didn't

New York Times: The allegations weren't true, but it still follows them.

Top books of 2021: Twenty books we can't stop thinking about

A round up of Canvas reviewers' picks of 2021

What happened to Olivia Podmore? Deceit, despair and the death of an Olympian

A Herald investigation of the life and times of the Olympian who died in August aged 24.

Jamie Dornan goes back to Belfast, moving on from Fifty Shades of Grey

New York Times: The Oscar contending drama takes Dornan into prestige filmmaking.

When beauty turns ugly: Lady Gaga and Ridley Scott on House of Gucci

New York Times: The pair's bond allowed Lady Gaga's deepest character study yet.

Epstein's final days: Celebrity reminiscing and a running toilet

New York Times: New records show Epstein was spinning deceptions until the very end.

A power struggle over cobalt rattles the clean energy revolution

New York Times: Exploitation rife as global demand for raw materials for EVs surges.